DAA News Network

The failings of the judicial system is a major problem for disabled people in Tanzania, where it is estimated that the levels of sexual assault and other forms of violence are ten times greater for disabled people, especially women and children, than ...

The first East African Community (EAC) conference on disability was held in Kampala, Uganda, at the end of February. The meeting brought together representatives of DPOs, professionals, political leaders, policy makers and members of civil society ...

Rwandan Parliament should remove provisions in a draft law that would mandate compulsory HIV testing and require the sterilization of all individuals with learning difficulties.Human Rights Watch reported that these provisio ...

The African Union declared the first decade of the new millennium (1999-2009) as the African Decade for Persons with Disabilities. Ministers have now agreed the Windhoek Declaration on Social Development and have extended the focus on disability t ...